Top 5 Tips for finding the right venue for your event
Finding the right venue for your next event need not be a major headache if you follow our 5 Top Tips ....
It will never happen to me! Event Insurance - do I really need it?
How many people in our industry consider Event Insurance? Specialist insurer Hiscox stated that there was a predictable rise in claims for event insurance earlier this year. Despite this, most events were not insured for bad weather at all. Read on for our Top 10 insurance tips ...
The Disability Discrimination Act - Profiting from compliance
As an Event organiser, you know it is the right thing to do, you know you have to do it and you know it makes commercial sense..
10 Commercial reasons to address DDA (Disability Discrimination Act)
7 Top Tips for finding an accessible venue
10 Essential Budget Planning Tips for your Event
Preparing a definitive budget for an event is a challenging task with so many factors to consider, however with the help of our 10 Essential Budget Planning Tips, we hope that the next budget you prepare will be easier to create and pleases the purse holders!
7 Top Tips for a successful Site Inspection visit
Site inspections, or showrounds, serve only one purpose - to ascertain whether a venue is the most suitable venue for your particular event. Below we identify our 7 Top Tips for a successful Site inspection visit:
A Touch Of Sparkle... for Christmas 2009 at Ufton Park
A Touch of Sparkle for Christmas 2009, Celebrate this year at Ufton Park, Reading.Set in a beautifully restored Tithe barn in the grounds of a magnificent Elizabethan Manor House.
6 Top Tips for Hosting a Successful Corporate Golf Day
How to use the "Credit Crunch" to your advantage
How can Red Dragon Events help you benefit from the Credit Crunch? More than ever venues need to retain as much exisiting business as possible whilst continuing to attract new business. There are a number of ways in which this can be used to your advantage:
The Spying Game - How Safe is your conference?
"Eureka" moment at 10.04pm
10.04pm "Eureka" moment may spell the end of the early nights! - 4.33pm is the least creative time of the day; - The shower is found to be the most inspiring space; - Women are better at retaining their creative ideas
Conference Food and its effect on your delegates
Conference food - how does the food you serve effect your delegates?
Referral Incentive Scheme
New - Referral Incentive Scheme! Earn a minimum of £50 Bonus Bond vouchers for every successful referral you provide us over a certain booking value! Plus another £50 worth of bonus bond vouchers to the person you referred us to!
Crash Course in organising a Christmas Party 2008
Christmas parties are often the highlight of the year for many companies. Below we have listed some helpful tips to make sure you have a great time!
Early-Eager or PM Professional
A new report shows tapping into a delegate's natural human rhythms can aid productivity, concentration and retention. The Meeting Minds report by Dr Lawrence Smith, senior lecturer at the Institue of Psychological Sciences, University of Leeds, applies psychological theory regarding human rhythms, sleep and work scheduling to the meetings industry.
Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement - incorporating new technology
Crash Course in Audio Visual
Using the latest technology can be an important tool in getting the message across at your next event. We have identified below some key points to consider when creating the maximum effect from your AV.
Top Tips for Welcoming Guests to your event
Read our Top Tips for Welcoming Guests to your event!
Top Tips for Hosting a Memorable Corporate Golf Day
Golf is considered one of the most important tools in Corporate Entertaining.
10 Top Tips for Holding Greener Meetings
1. Save Paper. Using new media and electronic technology can cut down your paper use.
Meeting planners should learn how to incorporate new technology into their meetings - or risk losing their audiences. Continuing education is an increasingly important need for adults. We are all challenged to simply keep up with the constant advance in business practices and must be regularly updated to remain competitive in our work. Meetings are a place where we can learn from speakers and from each other. "Death by PowerPoint" is the often used joke heard at meetings referring to the most misused computer software ever made. However, when used properly, computer visuals can increase retention and assist learning. The challenge to presenters and meeting planners will be to insist on using technology effectively with increasingly sophisticated audiences. Page after page of text won't cut it whereas, pictures, simple graphs and key words will assist the learning process. One of the best ways of engaging the audience is through audience participation. Web 2.20 technologies are allowing us to have our voice heard on blogs, online videos, social websites, online user ratings of hotels and much more. We expect to have our voices heard online and this will carry over to meetings. Audience participation will be increasingly demanded of speakers and meeting planners from savvy attendees who want their say and realise the value of the wisdom of the group. An example of how this can be achieved is web-based audience polling designed for mobile phones and other mobile devices. Soon, people will be able to vote on issues quickly, accurately and anonymously by simply using their web-enabled phones. The video conferencing experience at meetings has been enhanced due to continuous improvement in HDTV (high-definition television) and telepresence technologies. Although the traditional name badge still works in terms of networking, Web- based networking tools and proprietary networking tools are improving ways of finding people with common interests at events. Two of these are SpotMe and nTag. Finally rich-media copies of presentations allow delegates to pick up missed sessions, review those they liked, or even remotely attend a conference from thousands of miles away. We can only be at one place at one time, fortunately such technology exists and has improved significantly over the last few years to enable such details to be placed on the internet. Technology - we either love it or hate it. either way, embracing new advancements into your plans can reap significant rewards
Source: Meeting & Incentive Travel, February 2008, Original article written by Corbin Ball, a professional speaker, consultant and writer focusing on technology for the meetings, events and trade show industries.
